Month: November 2017

Join Robin Mueller, an educational development consultant at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning and instructor of UNIV 201: Global Challenges, as she talks about inquiry-based learning and how she sees her role changing […]

By Nancy Chick, Academic Director of the Taylor Institute We’re starting some interesting “meta” work at the Taylor Institute. We’re now fully staffed, and our newest unit (the College of Discovery, Creativity, and Innovation) has […]

By Rachel Braun, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Program Specialist, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning In the third installment of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Series, Kiara Mikita (SoTL Postdoctoral Scholar) […]

By Mike Thorn, Communications and Marketing Assistant at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning While attending ISSOTL17, Lucy Mercer-Mapstone visited the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. One of today’s major scholarly voices in […]

By Derrick E. Rancourt, Professor in the Department of Oncology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary & University of Calgary Teaching Scholar I am always changing my courses, introducing new elements and new ways of […]

By Natasha Kenny and Carol Berenson, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning Over the past three years, we have had the privilege of reviewing hundreds of nomination packages for the University of Calgary Teaching Awards […]

The Development of Teaching Expertise By: Nancy Chick, Natasha Kenny, Carol Berenson, Carol Johnson, David Keegan, Emma Read, Leslie Reid Many postsecondary institutions have started to explore what it means to develop and demonstrate teaching […]